Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.
For September 2026 entry, 121 families put Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School as their first choice and 502 named it as one of their preferences, for 133 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.
First-choice demand has fallen from 328 in 2021 to 121 in 2026, while places went from 163 to 133.
Across Kent, 79% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Kent lodged 2498 appeals against secondary school offers; 2231 reached a hearing and 595 succeeded (26.7% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 133 | 121 | 502 | 0.9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 115 | 105 | 451 | 0.9 | 23 |
| 2024 | 171 | 200 | 597 | 1.2 | 40 |
| 2023 | 158 | 172 | 572 | 1.1 | 39 |
| 2022 | 178 | 186 | 571 | 1.0 | 42 |
| 2021 | 163 | 328 | 933 | 2.0 | 169 |
| 2020 | 178 | 218 | 707 | 1.2 | 69 |
| 2019 | 180 | 198 | 722 | 1.1 | 44 |
| 2018 | 189 | 202 | 678 | 1.1 | 34 |
| 2017 | 157 | 171 | 633 | 1.1 | 29 |
| 2016 | 154 | 164 | 614 | 1.1 | 19 |
| 2015 | 132 | 164 | 600 | 1.2 | 39 |
| 2014 | 112 | 119 | 535 | 1.1 | 17 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.